Writing a Myth

When I was writing my own myth, I found it extremely fun! I love creative writing, and to have done an assignment where not only do I get to write but also create a website creatively, it was completely up my alley. When writing my own myth, I did take into consideration other myths I had read prior, and found a lot of them extremely interesting because of the storytelling. Having to write a myth that was my own was a little difficult. After all, I didn't want to make the story too long, because from all the other myths I read, I saw that they were short and straight to the point. I definitely could have written something longer, but I decided against it. Alongside that, writing my own myth showed me how storytelling is everything. When I read the myth of the Fire Goddess of Hawaii, I noticed that the story was brief, yet also extremely detailed. It depicted a story that was drama-filled and emotionally driven, and I wanted to incorporate that in my own myth, but struggled with adding more characters. Creating my own myth definitely helped enhance my study of myth in general because it gave me a wide range of understanding of how to tell a story and getting to see how there are many ways to identify a myth, because any way that you do it, it can be vividly described. 

What I had learned was that to know how to write a myth, you have to know the background of what you want to write. When I had read up on myths, I had to note similarities and differences and apply them to my own myth. If I were to become a teacher, I would apply this to my teaching in a way that helps them learn about culture. Also, to help students understand that storytelling is a part of a lot of cultures, and to write your own myth would show that.